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Y4BIZ – Identifying & Supporting Promising Young Entrepreneurs

Y4BIZ or Youth for Business was an initiative undertaken by us in association with the U.S. Consulate General Kolkata to identify 50 young emerging and early stage entrepreneurs in eastern India, focusing on Assam, Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal.
Y4BIZ endeavored to support such entrepreneurs to transform their business ideas from initial stage to a sustainable and scalable business model. After a multistage screening process to identify participants that began in the winter of 2017, there was an online capacity building program run by the IC Institute, University of Texas, Austin, U.S. Mentoring for development of sustainable business plans was the next part of the engagement and continued for six months. It included a boot camp in Kolkata.
Finally, the best business ideas were showcased before industry leaders, investors and policy makers. All the participants are now connected through the Y4BIZ network that aims to promote entrepreneurship and develop a supporting network for youngsters with business ideas.
Altogether 15 participants from the boot camp were selected for the Y4BIZ Finale on 7th September, 2018, at the American Center in Kolkata. They presented their ideas before a jury comprising eminent investors, academics, incubators and business heads. Finally, the Top 4 were awarded in four categories — Promise, Innovation, Impact and Jury’s Choice.
Tanumoy Sarkar of Wonda Box, based in West Bengal, was conferred the Promising Award. He provides nutritious and delicious tiffin to school children. The menu is designed by a dietitian, keeping in mind the recommended dietary allowance (RDA) for children according to their age groups. Wonda Box is now serving daily tiffin to nearly 200 students of four premium schools of Kolkata.
Pulkit Jain of Automated Innovations, based in Jharkhand, was conferred the Innovative Award. He is into development of low-cost CNC milling and 3D printing hybrid workstations with a major focus on the prototyping industry Automated Innovations sells machines to educational institutes, medical institutes, prototyping centers, fabrication laboratories and start-ups, providing an easy-to-use and cost-effective solution for rapid prototyping of their products.
Priyadarshini Dey of NexConnect Ventures, based in West Bengal, was conferred the Impactful Award. She heads a social business venture that seeks to address issues of exclusion by empowering communities and connecting them digitally. NexConnect Ventures is an online teaching-learning platform that connects experienced teachers with all kinds of learners — from rural, semi-urban and urban areas on a real time basis. The teaching process includes audio-visual content and follows board and course-specific curriculum.
Kalyan Koley of Sanjevani Khamar, based in West Bengal, was conferred the Jury’s Choice Award. He is into grading up of Bengal Goats. Sanjevani Khamar generates employment for rural youths by practicing artificial insemination in goats.

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